How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer (R)
Teenage girl Blanca (America Ferrera), her divorced mother Lolita (Elizabeth Pena) and her grandmother Dona Genoveva (Lucy Gallardo) pursue a variety of sexual opportunities during one hot summer in a small Arizona border town.
Big question: Does this look at three generations of women in a Mexican-American family honor its subject while speaking to a wider audience?
Catch it: The chase, the games, the seduction — these are universal experiences that play out in different ways and at different times for everyone. This debut feature from writer-director Georgina Riedel is an unusually mature depiction of female sexuality.
Bottom line: An honest, sophisticated and very well-acted film that, like its heroines, is unafraid to be itself and make mistakes.
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THE REWIND
MATT’S PICKS FOR WHAT’S STILL PLAYING
Redbelt (R)
3 stars
Awfully smart for a martial arts flick.
Son of Rambow (pg-13)
2 1/2 stars
Who doesn’t love making home movies?
Speed Racer (pg)
1 1/2 stars
Prepare to be overstimulated.
America the Beautiful (R)
1 star
A mostly obvious doc about an important subject.
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QUICK PICKS
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince
Caspian (PG)
3 stars
Who’s in it: Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley
What it’s about: Follow-up to the 2005 fantasy hit “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.”
Worth watching? “An elaborately-presented feast.” [ carrie rickey, the philadelphia inquirer ]
Box Elder (NA)
3 stars
Who’s in it: Nick Renkoski, Chad Haas, Alex Rennie
What it’s about: Low-budget comedy about a group of college pals.
Worth watching? “Slacker bliss for Seth Rogen admirers.” [ m.p. ]
* Playing 8 p.m. Saturday; 8:15 p.m. Monday; and 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Gene Siskel Film Center.
